A
home
is
like your car as it requires regular maintenance and periodic repairs.
An inspection is like taking your car to a mechanic during a
test drive.

Our
Standard Home
Inspection conforms to the Standards of Practice of
the American Society of Home Inspectors, which is a visual
evaluation of all the
accessible areas of the home. Click here
to view the Standards.

The Standard Home Inspection is very
comprehensive and covers all areas of the home, inside and out, that
are typically present the day you first move-in. The average
sized house will have several hundred items evaluated during a Standard
Home Inspection.

The
Process:

The inspection usually begins around the outside, evaluating the
driveway, sidewalks, drainage conditions, etc. We go
step-by-step around the outside of the house, ending with a trip up to
the roof. Yes, I actually do go onto the roof - at least I try as
much as humanly possible and make it about 90% of the time. Inside,
we usually start at the top by checking the attic and work our way
down.
And yes, I also try my best to actually crawl into most attics and
crawl
spaces - please feel free to accompany me. We go room-by-room,
item-by-item
until we reach the basement. The basement has most of the
major mechanical systems and all are carefully inspected one-by-one.All of the inspection
data
is entered on a state-of-the-art handheld tablet PC. Photographs are
taken
of any defects and these are all incorporated into the report. At the
end
of the inspection, your report is printed on-site, in full-color via a
mobile
printer. Click here to
view my
sample report. You will leave the site with your Inspection Folder
containing your report
as well as the book, my
home(a
$14.95 value),
ASHI pamphlets on Home
Maintenance, Our Standards of Practice
and Tips
on Mold/Mildew and Keeping Your
Basement Dry.